Tag: Award shows
How songwriting saint Johnta Austin rewrote his career
NEW YORK — It’s the early ’90s and a preteen Johnta Austin is in the studio working on his debut album with a pair...
Oscars to honor Elaine May, Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson
NEW YORK — The Academy Awards will present Elaine May, Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann with honorary Oscars and Danny Glover with the...
Special Tony Awards given to 2 shows, 1 advocacy nonprofit
NEW YORK — The Tony Awards may be months away, but three groups can already celebrate: The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, “David Byrne’s American Utopia”...
SAG Awards will return in February 2022 with 2-hour show
LOS ANGELES — The Screen Actors Guild Awards are returning to a two-hour format for its 2022 edition, which will air the last weekend...
Q&A: Leslie Grace lives full-circle moment ‘In the Heights’
NEW YORK — Like her Nina character in “In The Heights,” Leslie Grace says she's struggled to fit in as an Afro-Latino woman and...
Original stars joining Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
NEW YORK — Fans of the Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will get a treat when the show restarts on this fall...
‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough
NEW YORK — Color. Dance. Music. Joy. An all Latino cast!
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CMT Awards to honor country stars as well as pop, R&B acts
NEW YORK — The CMT Music Awards will honor acts in country music but will also share its stage with pop and R&B stars,...
CMT to honor Black country music pioneer Linda Martell
NEW YORK — Linda Martell, one of the pioneers for Black acts in country music and the first Black woman to perform solo at...
Sheryl Underwood of ‘The Talk’ to host Daytime Emmys
LOS ANGELES — Sheryl Underwood of “The Talk” will host the Daytime Emmy Awards.
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